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The '''National Basketball Association''' (NBA) is an American-based sports league, considered to be the world's premier professional [[basketball]] league. The NBA contains 30 professional basketball teams, 29 in the [[United States of America|U.S.]] and one in [[Canada]]. | The '''National Basketball Association''' (NBA) is an American-based sports league, considered to be the world's premier professional [[basketball]] league. The NBA contains 30 professional basketball teams, 29 in the [[United States of America|U.S.]] and one in [[Canada]]. | ||
Currently, | Currently, the NBA teams are subdivided into two conferences (Eastern and Western) of 15 teams each, and each conference is subdivided into three "divisions" of 5 teams each. A complete list of current teams appears below, along with the conference and division assignment for each team. | ||
== Teams, | In the NBA, games are 48 minutes long, divided into four 12-minute quarters. This is in contrast to the 40-minute game length in other basketball leagues and organizations such as FIBA, the WNBA, and the NCAA. | ||
A player may commit an offensive or defensive personal foul whether or not he or she is handling the ball or guarding someone who is handling the ball. Each player is allowed up to five personal fouls within a game. Upon committing a sixth personal foul, a player is disqualified from playing for the remaining time in the game. | |||
Acquiring two technical fouls in one game also leads to being kicked out of that game. | |||
Flagrant fouls are a special type of personal foul that is called when the foul deemed excessively violent by the referee. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 6 November 2024
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is an American-based sports league, considered to be the world's premier professional basketball league. The NBA contains 30 professional basketball teams, 29 in the U.S. and one in Canada.
Currently, the NBA teams are subdivided into two conferences (Eastern and Western) of 15 teams each, and each conference is subdivided into three "divisions" of 5 teams each. A complete list of current teams appears below, along with the conference and division assignment for each team.
In the NBA, games are 48 minutes long, divided into four 12-minute quarters. This is in contrast to the 40-minute game length in other basketball leagues and organizations such as FIBA, the WNBA, and the NCAA.
A player may commit an offensive or defensive personal foul whether or not he or she is handling the ball or guarding someone who is handling the ball. Each player is allowed up to five personal fouls within a game. Upon committing a sixth personal foul, a player is disqualified from playing for the remaining time in the game.
Acquiring two technical fouls in one game also leads to being kicked out of that game.
Flagrant fouls are a special type of personal foul that is called when the foul deemed excessively violent by the referee.